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State registry

How many elevators are in Texas?

61,140 elevators and conveyances are on record in Texas, 61,140 of them active in the device registry.

61,140
active devices
19 yrs
median age
23,458
25+ years old
12,417
40+ years old

Where the elevators are

By county

Active registered devices by county. Dallas County leads with 12,820.

By city

269 cities

Active registered devices by city. Each links to its own count, age profile, and modernization outlook.

DALLAS 8,655AUSTIN 6,995SAN ANTONIO 5,511FORT WORTH 3,351HOUSTON 2,179PLANO 1,571IRVING 1,409EL PASO 1,156FRISCO 954ARLINGTON 928LUBBOCK 800RICHARDSON 795CORPUS CHRISTI 737SPRING 707COLLEGE STATION 660WACO 598GALVESTON 572AMARILLO 477MCKINNEY 450TYLER 449DENTON 441KATY 438MIDLAND 435SUGAR LAND 431ROUND ROCK 409THE WOODLANDS 391CONROE 389LAREDO 350GRAPEVINE 326BEAUMONT 325ADDISON 322ALLEN 315CARROLLTON 315LEWISVILLE 304GARLAND 303SAN MARCOS 295MCALLEN 293GRAND PRAIRIE 284ABILENE 283GEORGETOWN 272BRYAN 258WICHITA FALLS 247NEW BRAUNFELS 242ODESSA 230BROWNSVILLE 230SAN ANGELO 230TEMPLE 228CYPRESS 228LONGVIEW 217RICHMOND 210HUMBLE 195MESQUITE 192SOUTHLAKE 192PASADENA 190EDINBURG 186MANSFIELD 177CEDAR PARK 172BAYTOWN 171SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 166PEARLAND 162

Age of the installed base

Modernization map

Elevators are typically modernized at 25 to 30 years and replaced past 40. Based on install year for 59,719 active devices.

0-10 yrs17,255
10-20 yrs14,163
20-30 yrs11,640
30-40 yrs5,189
40-50 yrs7,665
50+ yrs3,807

Oldest still running

Install years are self-reported to the registry and occasionally reflect the building rather than the car; the very oldest entries are shown with their location so you can judge.

InstalledCityLocation on record
1904DALLAS1801 NORTH LAMAR STREET / LANDMARK CENTER
1904DALLAS1801 NORTH LAMAR STREET / LANDMARK CENTER
1909GALVESTON509 21ST STREET / JUSTINE APARTMENTS
1910WACO425 AUSTIN AVENUE / ALICO BUILDING
1910WACO425 AUSTIN AVENUE / ALICO BUILDING
1910WACO425 AUSTIN AVENUE / ALICO BUILDING

By device type

56,043 elevators (92%)
2,242 lifts (4%)
1,443 escalators (2%)
1,412 others (2%)

Permit activity in Texas

The markets we track in Texas, with contractor leaderboards: Austin (2,209).

Get Texas in the weekly dispatch: new counts, oldest finds, and modernization movers.

Device data from public state and city registries; see methodology. Permit activity (who is doing the work) lives on the market pages; the running national total is on The Count.